West Dunbartonshire

Work to create a major industrial and commercial development in West Dunbartonshire is progressing with detailed approval granted on road infrastructure and development platforms this week.

Councillors have been recommended to approve plans by Miller Homes to redevelop the former Playdrome leisure centre site in Clydebank. The housebuilder was chosen as the preferred bidder for the 8.5-acre site in 2022, beating five other housing developers to the £5.675 million sale.

The JR Group has successfully delivered 48 new homes at Dumbarton Road, Old Kilpatrick, handing over the development to clients, Link Group, ready for new residents.

Residents are being asked to help shape a new plan which will ensure the best use of land throughout West Dunbartonshire.

More than 800 additional properties will be made available throughout West Dunbartonshire as part of a new affordable housing plan for the coming five years.

A refreshed design standard for all new West Dunbartonshire Council homes has been introduced to ensure continued high-quality accommodation across the area.

Queens Quay in Clydebank has been named as ‘Urban Regeneration’ project of the year at this year’s Brick Association Development Awards.

The redevelopment of Dumbarton’s oldest building has taken a step forward.

Chivas Brothers, the Pernod Ricard business dedicated to Scotch whisky, has revealed its plans to further develop and expand its Kilmalid bottling site.

Network Rail has completed its £1m project to upgrade ageing track near Dalmuir station.

Proposals for a new housing development on the site of a former Clydebank care home are moving forward after a contractor was appointed. The proposed supported living development aims to provide 19 homes, comprising cottage and tenement flats and terraced bungalows.

Planning permission has been granted for a new community campus in Faifley, West Dunbartonshire that will bring together two primary schools, a nursery and ASN provision with a host of community facilities, including a library.

A new energy efficient council housing development in Bonhill is moving forward after planning permission was granted.

Views are being sought on the redevelopment of Dumbarton’s Artizan Centre as part of a consultation launched yesterday.

The site of a former day care centre in Clydebank could be transformed into social housing after it was sold to a developer. West Dunbartonshire Council has sold a site at Auchentoshan Estate for a price of £225,000 plus VAT. The site was home to a day care centre until it closed in